Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community,
Our next meeting of the semester will be on April 19 (12:00 EST). Michela
Carlana will present "Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in
Schools."
<Where>
CGIS K354
Bagged lunches are available for pick-up at 11:45 (CGIS K354).
Zoom:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99181972207?pwd=Ykd3ZzVZRnZCSDZqNVpCSURCNnVvQT09
<Abstract>
We study how people change their behavior after learning they are biased.
Teachers in Italian schools give lower grades to immigrant students
relative to natives with comparable ability. In two experiments, we reveal
to teachers their own bias, measured by an Implicit Association Test (IAT).
Randomizing the timing of disclosure, we find that learning one’s IAT
before deciding end-of-term grades reduces the native-immigrant gap in
grades. IAT disclosure and generic debiasing have similar average effects,
but there is heterogeneity: teachers with more negative stereotypes do not
respond to generic debiasing but change their behavior when informed about
their own IAT.
<2022-2023 Schedule>
GOV 3009 Website:
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009
Calendar:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_3v93pav9fjkkldrbu9snbhned8…
Best,
Shusei